Computers question 

I know this might sound silly but I am not very Computers so

If most stuff just kinda... works on Linux, why does almost every device need a separate installation of drivers on Windows. Why can't they do whatever Linux is doing to make it just work

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Computers question 

@socks these days windows just downloads any drivers it needs. You don't need to install anything unless it's like, specialized hardware (also GPU dtivers, the ones Windows installs are usually a bit old)

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